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ATTENTION
HSV vehicles are equipped with a Supplemental Restraint System (SRS). An SRS consists of seat belt pre-
tensioners (fitted to all front seats), a dri ver’s-side air bag , a passenger’s-sid e air bag and left and right hand
side air bags. Refer to CAUTIONS, Section 12M Occupant Protection System in the MY 2005 VZ Coupe Series
Service Information before performing any service operation on or around SRS components, the steering
mechanism or wiring. Failure to follow the CAUTIONS could result in personal injury or unnecessary SRS
system repairs.
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The HSV VZ Coupe contains some all new components and some carry over components carried over from Coupe
Series 3.
Sheet metal for HSV VZ Coupe carries over from Holden VZ Series Coupe.
The powertrain combinations avail ab le for HSV VZ Coupe are carry over f rom HSV VZ Series Clubsport.
NOTE
When using trolley jack to raise the vehicle it is
important that the jack be positioned under the
suspension cross-member, or hoist pad locations.
Do not jack under the suspension control arm.
The vehicle should be always supported by jack
stands at the hoist pad locations when raised.
Care must be taken not to d amage the side skirts
when jacking the vehicle.
The purpose of this Supplement is to provide information on the unique HSV components fitted to these vehicles. The
information in this document i s designed to supplement the information contained i n the Hold en Service Manuals, and
details are given where differences occur between the HSV models and standard Holden models. A series of instruction
drawings describe the design changes and indicate specific part numbers, fitting instructions and relevant notes for
vehicle servicing.
This supplement is divided into Sections and each Section addresses a specific subject - for example, Section D
discusses Brake Systems. In addition, supplementary Service Bulletins will be issued (as the need arises) to describe
service operations on new systems and/or new vehicles not previously described in this supplement. These
supplementary Service Bulleti ns will be issued in numerical sequence.
Terms used in this document accord with the contents of International Standard ISO 1087 (1990). In addition, other
terms are used to indicate that precautions must be taken during the servicing procedures that follow. The terms used
are Caution and Note, and these terms have the follo wing meanings:
A CAUTION (as shown) will precede any text
which if not correctly followed may cause
personal injury, damage to equipment or
corruption of digital data.
NOTE
A NOTE (as shown) will precede any servicing
procedure, technique, or inf ormation which need s
special attention and needs to be highlighted.
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BUILD PLATE - VZ COUPE
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NUMERICAL VEHICLE BUILD NUMBER
HSV MODEL DESIGNATION
VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
HSV VEHICLE BUILD DATE
VEHICLE BODY PAINT COLOUR
VEHICLE BODY ACCENT PAINT COLOUR
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